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264540641Assonancethe repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
264540642Consonancethe repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
264540643LitotesIronical understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary
264540644Synecdochesubstituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa
264540645Epanadiplosisa figure of speech in which an orator or writer ends a sentence with the same word with which it was begun
264540646Epistropherepetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences, verses, etc.
264540647Epizeuxisrepetition of the same word for emphasis
264540648Euphemisman inoffensive expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive
264540649Motifa unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
264540650Puna humorous play on words
264540651Anadiplosisrepetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next
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